. >>> in boston yesterday, john ferrell, who spent the past two seasons as blue jays manager took over the same post for red sox, agreeing to a three-year deal to become the 46th manager in red sox history. it was the recently fired bobby valentine who found himself making headlines again. in an interview with bob costas that aired last night, valentine used his first public comments to call out david ortiz who valentine says chose to miss playing time not because of injury but because he knew the team was out of contention. >> ortiz came back after spending about six weeks on a decision abled list, we thought it was going to be only a week. he got two hits the first two times up, drove in a couple runs, we were off to the races and then he realized this trade meant we're not going to run this race. we're in the going to finish the race properly. and he decided not to play anymore and i think at that time, you know, it was all downhill from there. >> ortiz was on the disabled list with a strained achilles from july 18th to late august. his last appearance of the season came the day bef